Miners Defy Order as West Virginia Unrest Surges
Logan West Virginia September 1 1921 casualities in fighting on three fronts total killed and many wounded 2500 miners reported attacking Logan courthouse convoy of deputies and munitions rushed to Mill Creek Blair attacked miners attempt to storm Blair mountain and seize sheriff stronghold 400 defenders on Mill mountain federal troops mobilizing under orders martial law prepared amid ongoing clashes in Mingo district with thousands under arms ready to move.
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Logan
W. Va
Mill Creek
Slso
Blair
Blair Mountain
Don Chafin
Logan Courthouse
Croeked Creek
Mill Mountain
Burglars Carry 400-Pound Safe From Hollywood Home
Los Angeles August 20. Motor car burglars entered the residence of F. L. Mosher in Hollywood and drove away with a 400 pound safe. Mosher reported the safe contained notes, bonds, silverware and jewelry valued at about 120,000 dollars.
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Los Angeles
Ont
F. L. Mosher
Hollywood
Americans Go To Shows in Theaters Spending Near Million
Washington August 30 Amusement tax data show Americans spent nearly 1 million dollars on theatrical entertainment in the last year. The 10 percent tax on places of amusement totaled 80,725,008 dollars.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Blair
Bandits Hold Up N Y Hotel in White Light District
Six bandits raided the King James hotel near Broadway's White Light District and robbed clerks elevator operators and guests. They escaped with cash and valuables worth thousands of dollars.
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New York
King James Hotel
Broadway
White Light District
Mexico Decree Controversy Delays U S Recognition
Washington reports progress toward reestablishing cordial ties with Mexico following the German treaty. Negotiations draft a treaty to protect American lives and property, but Mexico’s oil decree retroactivity and confiscation plans spark U S protests, potentially stalling recognition and the upcoming disarmament conference.
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Washington
Mexico
State Department
Obregon
Lne
Labor in Membership Drive for 6 Million by AFL
Atlantic City August 31 Labor day campaign by the American Federation of Labor targets 6 000 000 members after a downturn in union strength due to unemployment The council ordered the drive amid a current membership of 3 900 528 with President Samuel Gompers urging nationwide rallies and public meetings to promote the movement with literature and speeches.
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Atlantic City
N. 7
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Labor
New York Claims Bigger City Than London In Census Talk
The New York claim challenges Greater London as the world's largest city based on a disputed British census. The discussion cites New York’s population figures and argues for a single municipal governance, suggesting New York could outrank London in size.
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Washington
New York
London
National
Tlondon
Italy Accepts Invitation to Armaments Conference
Warerlington September 2 Italy accepts President Harding's invitation to take part in the limitation of armaments and Far Eastern affairs conference. The acceptance came from the five great powers invited and the wording was described as cordial and bright in tone.
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Warerlington
Italy
Harding
Harding Doubts A Lasting Peace
President Harding opened the fall term of the Army War College in Washington and urged that armies and navies be reduced while stressing the need for national unity. He linked unrest in West Virginia coal fields to a lack of understanding at home and emphasized practical experience over theory, with Weeks and Pershing speaking briefly.
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West Virginia
Weeks
Pershing
Washington
Harding
Army War College
America
War College
Weeka
Tade
Costs of enforcing dry law reach seven million
Washington reports an Internal Revenue Department appropriation of 7.5 million to enforce the Eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act. The Anti Saloon League plans about 1 million to bolster dry law enforcement, said Wayne B. Wheeler. Funds cover salaries, chemist analyses, lab supplies, travel, and district headquarters rent nationwide.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Department
Anti-Saloon League
Wayne B. Wheeler
League
Soft coal output slumps in third August week
Washington reports bituminous coal production fell slightly in the third week of August. The geologic survey estimated output at 7,704,000 tons, down 52,000 from the prior week but more than a half million tons above the first week of August.
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Washington
Peace Pact governs Debs pardon decision
Washington August 23 President Harding will not decide on pardoning Eugene V Debs until the German treaty is ratified. Debs is serving a five sentence in Atlanta penitentiary for counseling resistance to the selective draft.
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Washington
Harding
Eugene V. Debs
Atlanta
Germany
Safety Men to Meet September 26 in Boston
The safety section of the operating division of the American Railway association will hold its first annual meeting at the Hotel Copley Plaza in Boston on Monday September 26.
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Chicago
The
American Railway Association
Copley Plaza
Boston
Britain would treat all debts as a whole
Washington reports that Britain informally advised the United States it favors a general readjustment of Inter Allied debts as the basis for a final settlement. The plan would treat US war loans to the Allies and loans among themselves as a single pool. Britain proposed no firm plan but suggested uniform bonds for mutual exchange.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Meldor
Tong
Autos Kill 12000 in Year
An Insurance Press summary reports life insurers paid about 4.5 million dollars for deaths from automobile incidents in 1920. The year saw around 12,000 fatalities and 1.6 million non fatal injuries due to cars, with total 1,002,006,434 dollars in death, endowment, and dividend payouts by US and Canadian companies.
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New York
Aan
Statistica
Lita
United States
Canada
Wallace L. Pierce
Boston Grocer
Jake L. Hamon
Ardmore
Oklo
Olive Thomas Pickford
Motion Picttre Star
Paris
India Mob Stones Police Reprisals in Madras Clash
Fighting resumed between half-caste Hindoos and Mohammedans on one side and Dravidians on the other after a crowd blocked workers from going to their jobs. Police fired after being stoned. Casualty figures unavailable. Calicut dispatch reports a British column ambushed at Pukkatur with hot fire from Mopinhs. insurgents dispersed after four hours of hand to hand fighting per an official statement.
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Madras
Calicut
Pukkatur
Mopinhs
Saya
Great Warship Is Launched at Gloucester Plant
Washington, the navy’s super-dreadnaught, was launched at the New York Shipbuilding plant in Camden. Miss Jean Summers, ten year old daughter of Representative J W Summers, christened the ship by breaking a bottle of water from the Washington river over its prow.
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Camden
N. J
Washington
Gloucester
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Jean Summers
J. W. Summers
Walla Walla
Rivera
News Bits For Busy People
Mrs Charles Heary mother of Alva and Herbert Hoover died at the Hoover hour at Stanford University California. President Ebert has issued a decree forbidding persons not serving in the army to wear uniforms. The New York state soldier home law was declared unconstitutional by the Court of Appeals. Yookow in Henay province occupied by Peklig troops. Army transport Wheaton arrived at Huboket New Jersey from Antwerp with the bodies of more than 5000 American soldiers. The League of Nations council in Geneva entrusted the Upper Silesian dispute to Belgium Brazil China and Spain for decision. Ford Motor company reports around 54000000 in cash to banks. A masked bandit robbed Green Lake State Bank Washington locking the janitor and cashier in vault and escaping with 4000. Hungary secret organization plotting revolution announced by police at Budapest with fifty six arrests. Entire crew of a fishing vessel killed when ship hit a reef north of Haugesund Norway. Fring James and Raymond Schuck executed in electric chair at Trenton New Jersey for murder of David Paul a Canadian bank messenger. Gulf of Alaska Turnagain Arm shows a five foot gold vein averaging about 100 per ton. Lehigh Valley Coal at Hazleton Virginia raised anthracite price by ten cents a ton. Five thousand shirtwaist and dress makers strike in Philadelphia after 10 percent wage cut. Thousands of famine sufferers in Trans-Caucasia dying of cholera per Near East relief. Mobile prohibition squads to be sent from Washington to Atlantic Coast cities.
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Charles Heary
Alva
Herbert Hoover
Stanford University
Cal
Ebert
Harlin
New York
Court of Appeats
Yookow
Henay
Wheaton
Wash
Hungary
Budafest
Haugesund
Norway
Christiania
Fring J. James
Raymond W. Schuck
Trenton
N. J
David E. Paul
Canden Bank
Gulf of Alaska
Turnaguln
Anchorage
Lehigh Valley Coup Company
Hazleton
Philadelphia
Trans-Caucasia
Near East
Albert Johnson
Washington
Atlantic
Turmoil Across Europe and Belfast Riots Escalate
A Wondon dispatch reports rising unrest in West Hungary with allied troops en route to avert conflict between Hungarians and Austrians. In Belfast, rioting and sniping drop after military patrols. 14 killed and many wounded. In Asia Minor Greek forces break Turkish left, crossing the Sakaria river as crisis widens. Five killed in Belfast clashes between Orangemen and Catholics.
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Wondon
Upper Silesia
Hungary
Belfast
Constantinople
Asia Minor
Sakaria River
Catholica
Senate Finance Committee
Washington
Markets Grain and Livestock Price Report Summary
The market pages list prices for flour patents and grades, cash wheat, rye, and hay, followed by cattle and hog values. Highlights include short patent spring wheat near 7.60 per bushel, hard winter around 6.00, hay Timothy near 20.00, cattle prime steers about 9.00, hogs around 6.00 to 9.00, and lambs and ewes with varied bids.
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Yoaringa
Heltara
President orders end of mine war dispatch from 1921
President Harding issues a proclamation to disperse miners in West Virginia and other insurgents, ordering them to return to their homes by noon on September 1, 1921. Gen H M Baidholz monitors West Virginia developments and will stay in touch from Charleston.
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Washington
Harding
Sear Mare
W. Ya
H. M. Baidholz
West Virginia
Tie Jar Department
Charleston
United States
Warren G. Harding
Anid
Warren G, Harding
Thousands of Germans protest in Berlin over military and royalist actions
In Berlin from Sept 2 to 4, about 100000 socialists and communists paraded through city streets amid heavy security. Demands pressed for unity against reaction, with arms, police and Reichswehr deter ring disorder. Erzberger assassination blamed on Helfferich. fifty arrests followed. Government heads absent as unrest loomed.
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Berlin
Luat Garten
Reichnwehr
Wilhelmstrasse
Unter den Linden
United Front Agaicat
Helfferich
Erzberger
Cabinnet
Ebert
Wirth
10 Percent Return Approved for Landlords
New York Sept 2 The Appellate Division of the Brooklyn Supreme Court fixed a 10 percent return on apartment values as reasonable guidance for the rent investigation tied to Moving Day on Oct 1 The court said 10 percent as a net return is reasonable for real property owners though it could be excessive if evidence showed different investment results The decision signals the framework for forthcoming rent scrutiny and potential adjustments.
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New York
Brooklyn Supreme Court
Mher
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